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THE BOOK OF<br/>
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PSALM 139
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David says the Lord knows all man’s thoughts and doings—He asks: Whither shall man go to escape from the spirit and presence of the Lord?—Man is fearfully and wonderfully made.
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<center><span class='small'>TO THE CHIEF MUSICIAN, A PSALM OF DAVID.</span></center>
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<span class='smallcaps'>O Lord</span>, thou hast <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/139/1a" mark="a" type="A" title="D&C 121: 24 (23-24).">searched</a> me, and <sup>b</sup><a href="ps/139/1b" mark="b" type="A" title="2 Sam. 7: 20.">known</a> <i>me.</i>
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Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/139/2a" mark="a" type="A" title="Amos 4: 13; Matt. 12: 25; Mosiah 24: 12; D&C 6: 16.">thought</a> afar off.
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Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/139/3a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG God, Omniscience of.">acquainted</a> <i>with</i> all my ways.
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For <i>there is</i> not a word in my tongue, <i>but,</i> lo, O <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, thou knowest it altogether.
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Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
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<i>Such</i> <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/139/6a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG God, Intelligence of.">knowledge</a> <i>is</i> too <sup>b</sup><a href="ps/139/6b" mark="b" type="A" title="Job 42: 3.">wonderful</a> for me; it is high, I cannot <i>attain</i> unto it.
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Whither shall I go from thy <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/139/7a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 23: 24 (23-24).">spirit</a>?  or whither shall I flee from thy <sup>b</sup><a href="ps/139/7b" mark="b" type="A" title="Jonah 1: 3.">presence</a>?
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If I ascend up into heaven, thou <i>art</i> there: if I make my bed in <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/139/8a" mark="a" type="A" title="Job 26: 6 (1-9); Amos 9: 2 (2-4).">hell</a>, behold, thou <i>art there.</i>
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<i>If</i> I take the wings of the morning, <i>and</i> dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
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Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
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If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
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Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light <i>are</i> both alike <i>to thee.</i>
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For thou hast <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/139/13a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB created my inward parts.">possessed</a> my reins: thou hast <sup>b</sup><a href="ps/139/13b" mark="b" type="D" title="OR formed.">covered</a> me in my mother’s womb.
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I will praise thee; for I am fearfully <i>and</i> wonderfully made: marvellous <i>are</i> thy works; and <i>that</i> my soul knoweth right well.
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My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, <i>and</i> curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
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Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/139/16a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ex. 32: 32; Rev. 17: 8.">book</a> all <i>my members</i> were written, <i>which </i>in continuance were fashioned, when <i>as yet there was</i> none of them.
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How precious also are thy <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/139/17a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 55: 9 (8-9).">thoughts</a> unto me, O God!  how great is the sum of them!
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<i>If</i> I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
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Surely thou wilt <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/139/19a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 11: 4 (3-4); D&C 63: 33 (29-37).">slay</a> the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
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For they <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/139/20a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jude 1: 15 (14-16).">speak</a> against thee wickedly, <i>and</i> thine enemies take <i>thy name</i> in <sup>b</sup><a href="ps/139/20b" mark="b" type="A" title="Matt. 5: 33.">vain</a>.
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Do not I hate them, O <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, that hate thee?  and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
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I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.
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Search me, O God, and know my heart: <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/139/23a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Test, Try, Prove.">try</a> me, and know my thoughts:
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And see if <i>there be any</i> wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
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